Railway-tie.



M3231 wmgm P. ERIGKSON.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1913.

' Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

ll minnow PETER ERICKSON, 0F GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application filed May 23,1913. Serial No. 769,488.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER ERICKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Junction, in the county of Mesa and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in ties for railway rails, the object being to so construct a metallic tie as to provide the same with cushion filler blocks disposed within the tie below the portions thereof upon which the rails rest and which will impart the desired amount of elasticity to the tie, and further, to provide atie V which when once arranged in the roadbed will so engage with the roadbed as to prevent either the lateral or longitudinal movement of the tie or the sinking of the tie.

With the objects above recited in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the ap pended claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the rails secured thereon, Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the tie inverted, Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal sectional view taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1,

and Fig. 4 is a central transverse sectional.

view through the tie.

My improved tie comprises a metal shell,-

designated by the numeral 1, the same being of a substantially rectangular formation,

and of the required size and strength. The tie has its sides 2, at the central portion thereof, curved upwardly toward the top or bearing face of the tie, as indicated by the numeral 3, and the ends 40f the tie ter-,

minate a suitable distance from the bottom of the tie, as indicated by the numeral 5. Disposed centrally of the tie and integrally formed with the top thereof is a longitudinally extending ri-b 6, the said rib being of a width equaling the width of the sides 2 'of the tie, andthe rib has its ends terminating opposite the juncture of the central scalloped or upwardly rounded portions 3 of the sides with the lower edges of the sides. Arranged between'the ends of the rib 6 and the ends 4 of the tie are, cushion filler blocks 7, the same snugly engaging the inner'side and end walls, and abutting with the ends of the rib 6. The fillers 7 have both their upper and lower faces horizontally straight, the upper faces of the same abutting with the underfaces of the top of the tie, and the lower faces being disposed in a plane with the lower edges of the sides 2 of the tie. The fillers are sustained in proper position through the medlum of transverse removable securing elements 8, which pass through the sides of the tie and through suitable transverse openings provided in the filler blocks '7. The top 9 of the tie is provided with a plurality of orifices, certain of which being adapted to receive spikes 10 which sustain angular rail engaging plates 11, the remaining openings registering with the openings provided in the base flanges of the rails R, and adapted to receive retaining spikes 12.

From the above description, taken in connection with the drawings, it will be noted that the rib 6 serves as adam for the roadbed which passes through the openings provided by the centrally curved portions 3 of the sides 2, and further that the said partition divides the central portion of the tie into two spaced compartments. When the tie is arranged upon the roadbed, the ballast is thoroughly tamped around the tie as well as being forced to within the spaced compartments of the tie and against the opposite faces of the rib 6 and the inner ends of the filler members 7, thus preventing the lateral or longitudinal movement of the tie. Furthermore, it will be noted that by providing the ends with the lower depressed portions 5, the roadbed can be effectively tamped against the ends and received within the pocket provided between the outer edges of the cushion blocks 7 and the depressed portions of the ends, which serve as an additional means for preventing either the longitudinal or lateral movement of the tie.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. A metallic tie comprising arectangular shell, the sides of the tie being centrally recessed to provide curved edges, the top of the tie between the said upwardly curved portions having a central longitudinally extending rib which is of a width equaling the width of the sides of the tie, removable cushion members arranged within the tie f between the ends of the tie, the ends of the rib and the sides of the tie, said tie having its face provided With orifices for the weep tion of rail-securing elements which enter the cushion members. 7

2. In a rail tie, a metallic shell having its sides centrally recessed, its ends terminating above the lower edges of its sides, its top integrally formed with a centrally dispos d longitudinally extend g r ranged opposite the depressed sides, and re movable cushion filler blocks arranged within h ie 5mm the bott m thereof and posed betw een'the ends of the tie and the ends of the rib, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afliX slew ture' in presence of two witnesses- 1 PETER ERICKSON.

Witnesses:

HARRIETTE. J-- Teerm LF E D- K PB XQ copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the .3 Commissioner 0t Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

